The Return
(Explicit)

The Return is yet another solid document of Nonpoint's no-frills marriage of the groove metal and nu-metal genres. Its most successful cuts -- "Misery," "Never Ending Hole," "The Return" and the high-octane "F*ck'd" among them -- feature the brooding barks of singer Elias Soriano intertwined with twin guitarists Rasheed Thomas and B.C. Kochmit's snarling riff workouts. Admittedly, the album begins to drag when Nonpoint choose to veer into melodic fare: "Know Myself," "Take Apart This World," "Widowmaker." But even on these cuts they manage to maintain a certain level of grit and propulsion.